Falconry
in Dubai is a cultural sports activity though it was used for actual hunting
in the past. Till the date falcons are trained with great skills and patience.
Falconry Championship demonstrates the speed flying and hunting skills
of the falcons. They use the dried wing of a bird (Tilwah in Arabic) tied
up on a string and swing in the air to lure to falcons. The falcons chase
the wings skillfully and catch it with their claws because there is an
award of meat after catching the dried wing. Falcons know that that is
just a dead and dried wing; they do it for an award of meat because they
are very hungry at that time. I'vewitnessed that HH
Sheikh Hamdan the Crown Prince of Dubai encourages people to preserve
such cultural activities. In the final day of Falconry Championship he
visited the site and mingled with the falconers for some times.